What did we learn? (17.10.11)

PCS English Handout1

Purpose

(What do we want to achieve this week)

How to do a Summary

 

1. How to gain content?

 

2. How to para_ _ _ _ _ _?

Presentation (20 minutes)

(How I teach you)

  1. Understanding the scope of the question
  2. Picking out the relevant points
  3. Comparing a good summary with a bad summary.
  4. Paraphrasing (with the help of a Thesaurus)
Practice (30 minutes)

(How you learn)

1. Students highlight key words in the question.

2. Students search for 15 content points in the passage.

3. Students list out the points and replace some words synonyms, or rephrasing them.

4. Keeping to the word limit. (_____ words)

 

Play (10 minutes)

(How you apply it)

Find an instance of a summary, take a photo of it and put it on the facebook group. Explain why you think it is a summary. 
Homework

(What you need to do outside of class to learn independently)

Do the first 5 summaries of the BLUE BOOK

 

 

 

Teacher-Student Time (10 minutes)  

 

1The purpose of this handout is to enable students and guardians to understand what is being taught in class, and to effectively carry out independently learning.

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